Because, Canada

[glenn239]

13 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

As usual, the world is in crisis but our political leadership is waffling.

 

And all the while the margarine for error is thin.

[rmgill]

They're just interested in making sure their side of the toast is buttered. 

[glenn239]

3 hours ago, rmgill said:

They're just interested in making sure their side of the toast is buttered. 

Ah, now your just egging us on for more puns.

[rmgill]

I don't want you in a jam. 

[glenn239]

Nah, if I'm driving and I see a jam coming up ahead, I just breakfast.

 

We.  Have.  To.  Stop this.  :^)

[Ssnake]

Maple syrup is a sweet, but sticky topic.

[Ivanhoe]

Enough with your saccharine platitudes.

[rmgill]

4 hours ago, glenn239 said:

Nah, if I'm driving and I see a jam coming up ahead, I just breakfast.

 

We.  Have.  To.  Stop this.  :^)

Ok. *Gets out the Binford Tools, Thread Jacker 3000.*

Have any of you tried Broadbent Farm's bacon or hams? 
https://www.broadbenthams.com

 

Edited December 1, 2021 by rmgill

[sunday]

7 hours ago, rmgill said:

Ok. *Gets out the Binford Tools, Thread Jacker 3000.*

What? I thought you were a Snap-On man!

[rmgill]

1 hour ago, sunday said:

What? I thought you were a Snap-On man!

Heh. I wish. My Grandfather was a Snap-On salesman when I was a kid. He started his own business and apparently had a big set of the snap on tools. Sadly my cousin got ahold of them and turned them into $$ for his various habits.  😕

I do have the old craftsman stuff that was my other Grandfather's tools. I wish I had his shop tools but he passed and the family broke up his shop before I was out of highschool so I had no place for any of his tools save for some random hand tools.   I'd love to have his old 24" Lathe.

Edited December 1, 2021 by rmgill

[Rick]

8 hours ago, rmgill said:

Ok. *Gets out the Binford Tools, Thread Jacker 3000.*

Have any of you tried Broadbent Farm's bacon or hams? 
https://www.broadbenthams.com

 

Picked up a huge Smithfield salt-cured ham ages ago for the parents. Dear old Mom forgot you had to soak the thing for quite a awhile before frying. Now I know how quickly salt can absorb saliva.

[sunday]

2 hours ago, rmgill said:

Heh. I wish. My Grandfather was a Snap-On salesman when I was a kid. He started his own business and apparently had a big set of the snap on tools. Sadly my cousin got ahold of them and turned them into $$ for his various habits.  😕

I do have the old craftsman stuff that was my other Grandfather's tools. I wish I had his shop tools but he passed and the family broke up his shop before I was out of highschool so I had no place for any of his tools save for some random hand tools.   I'd love to have his old 24" Lathe.

I understand those old Snap-On tools were very well made. Pity. But same could be said of Craftsman's, I think.

There are interesting, newly invented modern tools, like Knippex wrench pliers, power ratchets, Miniware portable soldering irons, or those Fein multitools.

[Ivanhoe]

Gentlemen, this is the War Room!

 

[glenn239]

1 hour ago, Ivanhoe said:

Gentlemen, this is the War Room!

 

On that note, here,

NORAD commander warns Canadian officials about the threat posed by hypersonic missiles | CBC News

NORAD chief warns clueless Canadian politicians that Canada is defenseless against modern missile threats.

I read that, and thought to how brazen and lecturing our leaders can be on the political stage.  But I thought, if we are that weak, then maybe instead of being so loud we should be a bit more syrup titious in our global approach? 

[sunday]

3 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

Gentlemen, this is the War Room!

 

War is waged by human beings, and human beings are tool users. 😎

Edited December 1, 2021 by sunday

[Colin]

The "Wet Coast" has been living up to it's name. Vancouver has been cut off by road and rail from the rest of Canada for pretty much all of the last two weeks, still a lot of rain coming.

This is the road I take to one of my gun clubs, the club also got completely flooded.

[Allan W]

The second picture Colin posted is Highway 1 where it passes through the Sumas Prairie. It is the major east-west route out of Vancouver to the interior of BC and the rest of Canada.

[rmgill]

On 12/1/2021 at 7:49 AM, Ivanhoe said:

Gentlemen, this is the War Room!

 

How about a Candian polishing a Japanese tool?? 
 

Izzat better?

Keep yer *ick in a vice. 

[sunday]

May God help the poor sod that learnt all his Canadian Technical English watching AvE videos...

[DB]

They would fit in perfectly fine in the oil fields.

[sunday]

1 hour ago, DB said:

They would fit in perfectly fine in the oil fields.

No doubt! College classes with him would be a riot, until the Woke Police awakens for real.

[Ivanhoe]

[Ivanhoe]

On 12/1/2021 at 8:02 AM, glenn239 said:

On that note, here,

NORAD commander warns Canadian officials about the threat posed by hypersonic missiles | CBC News

NORAD chief warns clueless Canadian politicians that Canada is defenseless against modern missile threats.

I read that, and thought to how brazen and lecturing our leaders can be on the political stage.  But I thought, if we are that weak, then maybe instead of being so loud we should be a bit more syrup titious in our global approach? 

NORAD is clearly maintaining the fiction that Canada doesn't have hundreds of Bomarcs y'all can ripple-fire out of the CN Tower.

 

[Colin]

3 hours ago, Ivanhoe said:

NORAD is clearly maintaining the fiction that Canada doesn't have hundreds of Bomarcs y'all can ripple-fire out of the CN Tower.

 

We would keep them this long and then try to upgrade to 1990's standards in 2025, while debating a replacement.

[Ivanhoe]